Blog – Page 28 – Love Inc GHC

Church with a Capital “C”

The vision for Love INC of Greater Hancock County (#loveincghc) is stated as: “We envision a community transformed by faith – where Christian churches are united in purpose and fully engaged in actively living out their faith by lovingly serving Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

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Perfection: Baseball, Golf,Bowling and Family – SMART Goals

Throughout my management career I have heard many talks on setting SMART goals (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Time-based). The two criteria that start to get fuzzy are the attainable and realistic measures. According to Wikipedia, in baseball, “A perfect Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

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Heart for Hands On Compassion Care?

Do you have a heart to use your nursing training to serve through your church? Do you have a passion for visitation to those who may be isolated and feeling alone? Whether you are clinically trained or not, there could Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

Church Partner

Observations on the Stigma of Poverty – and Two Solutions

We have all heard the stories of those who are taking advantage of others’ generosity without first doing all they can to help themselves. Yes, those situations exist but they are not the norm. From my experience it is far Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

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Winter is coming!

Really it IS, some time. I am in no bigger hurry than anyone else, but it is unreasonable to expect this to continue all through until Spring. We will have families that will struggle with utilities once the cold weather Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

Community Partner

Red Kettle Campaign

Salvation Army Hancock County starts ringing the bells on Friday November 20 at Kroger and Marsh in Greenfield and at Marsh in New Palestine. Start date for WalMart in Greenfield is Friday November 27. I know this weather doesn’t seem Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 yearsNovember 4, 2015 ago

Fundraising

Handicap Ramp materials needed

You all did such a marvelous job in rounding up beds for our neighbors. Webwere blessed and able to bless many families through your gifts. We have had a quite a few requests recently for construction of ramps to make Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

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Children’s Message – Never Alone

Never Alone Scripture: Hebrew 13:5, Proverbs 18:24, John 14:16 Props: Flannel shirt, Bible, picture of pet dog (optional) Do any of you have a pet dog? Have you taken it for a walk in the woods? I read a story Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

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Safe Families for Children update

What an exciting day it was Saturday. We had fifty (50) people at Park Chapel Christian Church for the Safe Families training, representing a number of churches in the county (and beyond). It is such a blessing to see God Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago

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DO’s and DONT’s of facing insecurity

Today I heard someone define insecurity as “awareness of the gap between who I want to be and who I feel I am.” As I drove through the county running errands, my mind went down the various paths which that Read more

By Olivia Mader, 10 years ago